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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-40995 EUVD-2026-36205GHSA-6mfm-98wv-32wm

X.509 authentication bypasses Spring Security account checks

Published Jun 11, 2026 · Updated Jun 23, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

Description

X509AuthenticationProvider could issue a fully authenticated X509AuthenticationToken when a presented certificate mapped to UserDetails, without applying Spring Security's standard account lifecycle checks (disabled, locked, expired, or credentials-expired accounts).

Affected versions:
Spring Web Services 5.0.0 through 5.0.1; 4.1.0 through 4.1.3; 4.0.0 through 4.0.18; 3.1.0 through 3.1.8.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Spring Spring Web Services 5.0.0 – < 5.0.1.1, 4.1.0 – < 4.1.3.1, 4.0.0 – < 4.0.19, 3.1.0 – < 3.1.9 5.0.1.1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.2 5.0.2 GHSA-6mfm-98wv-32wm
Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.4 4.1.4 GHSA-6mfm-98wv-32wm
Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.18 — GHSA-6mfm-98wv-32wm
Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.8 — GHSA-6mfm-98wv-32wm

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